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A Siren Voice.

There is a magic voice that swells,
Harmonious with Eolian strains
We hear Il in the wooded dells,
And as II floats along the plains,
II Is a Sirens voice that woos
But TO destroy ere reason sways,
The tempted other paths TO choose,
Aud wisely mend their dubious
ways,
Consumption with its chilly hand,
It's hectic flush-deceptive sign
Strikes down its victims DER the land,
Who, helpless, early lives resign,
To save the people from this dread,
And bring them back their wasted
health,
Gooch's Mexican Syrup, be II said,
Is ever worth mine in wealth.
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Some New Workers. want church,
bell ringing abolished. How would a
man and his wife who are punctually
in their seats at the opera. three or
four nights a week, fifteen minutes be-
fore the curtain rises, know when 10
start for church II II were not for tho
ringing Of the church bellap--Norfis-
iol0a Herald.
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SEEN FROM THE JUDGES BoAE

The Thistle and Volunteer Shaved the Flee
ira Very Close MT the start.
There was one agreeable difference between
the rain permeated fog that made shoreless
vista of the East River yesterday morning and
the mist that enveloped and believed the Elec-
ira on Thursday. The difference was that
there was plenty Of air Of o raw, penetrating
sort yesterday. It stiffened the pennants that
few to trucks when the Electra's gun
for colors doomed at 8 o'clock. Commodore
Gerry prophesied that everything would be
all right. as st. Anthony, the bric-a-brac genius
OF the Commodore's fetish" had voluntarily
come out of his cave. This signiHed. when
literally interpreted, that there would be Q
race. The Electra's passengers were Gouver-
neur Kortright. Capt. Archibald Rogers OF the
Bcdouin, Mr.. and Mrs. Philip Schuyler, Edward
G. Post. Frederick Post, @. F. jenkins,
the Rev. W. Benjamin, George Gooderhan OF
the Royal Canadian Yacht Club, 7. G. Black
stock, Commodore John Legs OF the Royal Ca
madam Yacht Club, Chas. F. Usvk. the Hon. Geo.
L. InGraham. Jas. Lenox BIZ. Va, Brockholst
Cutting, Woodbury. Kane. Alex Taylor. Jr. O.
3. Gordon, Ferdinand W. Peak. Clarence D.
Peck. Alvey A. Adee. and Richard L. Edwards.
Mr 1ss k ks Miss Flossis Xd-
TSe as the a srs
what OF the salty sea. Mr.. Peabody of the Re-
gatta Committee looked like bold sailor boy
out OF picture book. In his overhanging SOU
wester and his oilskins. Water-repelling suits
the ladies wore them, and looked attractive
enough to be Yankee mermaids. who couldn't
be kept under the sapphire depths while the
The queenly Electra had rather a lonely run
Of It to the lghtship Whom she dropped an
side wheeler or two and n few sailing yachts,
including the Titania, were around. The giant
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AFTER THE SECOND RACE
ira and the old lightship. between which the
two racers were to sail when the signal should
be given to CO. There was enough OF q sea on
to make some OF the landsmen seasick, and
more would have become 80 had the wait been
tedious. but 1t was not.
GET READY TO START"
While the two racers were ploughng along on
the starboard tack and heading to the north,
at exactly 1880 o'clock. gun doomed on the
Electra and the Ameican yacht ensign at her
fore truck came duttering down to make place
for the blue peter which announced that the
racers must prepare to start; Both the Thistle:
the. Volunteer. and the Volunteer held on to
time they were perhaps third Of . mile to the
south OF tho flagship Electra. They were at
this time so close to the wind as to make COM
paratively little Roadway. But as the ten min
utes which intervened between the warning
gun and the next one. which would tell them
to 60. had nearly passed away, the Thistle was
gone again, as she had been on Tuesday, to
lead the way to the line. Easing up the tiller q
Bit Capt. Barr let the Thistle's head pay of
and point close across the stern of the Electra
THISTLE MADE FLYING START.
How the cutter jumped as she felt the full DOW
er Of the hurrying blast In her great sails! How
the water piled up in great masses and poured
away cataract fashion. down the side Of the
long swell that swept under her Just then
How she split the next one with her sharp cut
water as It flashed cleaning down like an axe
into yielding wood 1t was beautiful. But II
her motions were beautiful. those OF our stately
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mossbunkers not far away, and ready TO rive
the racers friendly soreech with their steam
whistles In case @ start was made. The TAR
ship Electra came to anchor about soutl, Of
tho lghtship, and when THE Suns tug got up
alongside OF her to get tho course the wind
was singing tune through her rigging that
was thrilling. The committee had already de.
cided to start the racers on q course east BY
north. That distance was twenty miles, and.
with the wind that camo snorting along, II vas
clear that there would be race that would
stir the blood OF the oldest and most blase Of
the spectators.
The beautiful racers, the white Yankee sloop
Volunteer and the black Scotch cutter Thistle,
wero found cruising about to eastward Of tho
lightship with mainsails, forestaysails, ibis,
and working topsails only set The Volunteers
working topsail was larger than the Thistle's
Whom the Electra anchored. however. they got
around to tho. south and west OF her. where
they tilied and backed and jibed and tackled,
deIghting the hearts ofthe spectators as they
oashed along with wind FREQ and leo rails
awash. or came up into the wind with every
thing shaking, and the froth and bubbles pour
Ing OH their sharp bows.
RAIN browns OUT THE FOG.
They were waiting for the signal to get ready,
and; as they waited, the breeze freshened and
the fog cleared. The heavy rain which was
SKY was by no means clear, but the horizon
looked hard and clear to windward. whence
the wind came solid and heavy rakinR the
water into wtnnowS and tearing of the creSts
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PRICE TWO CENTS.

yacht Mohicsn hail waited to salute the Vol.
unteer with gun and whistle, but enc DID 10y nos
tarry TO- see the Thistle oyor tns line; s
Wylle on hls defeat on the day before were now
invisible, only two or three gentlemen occupy
fhe Thistie came on on apace. The yachtsmep
began to greet her before tho line was reached.
They sdmircd the pluck Of hor owners and dh the
were even moro demonstrative in their ap-
srossd Fhe ohs crossed he ne @
lows:
volunteer .....-.."...,.."t:asI5
Thistle
The Volunteer beat tho Thistle II minutes
54x seconds actual time, and with tho i've
SECONDS ALLOWANCE dSdueted. Il Yinutss and
G s ssSon before the Wind on the home run
ES:,s s$ ss;s sssf
sCuRRyrNa OFF HOME.
After the Thistle crossed the line came the
trance to the swash Channel The tug with
the Scotchmen on board. fret set their flag up
again over the tafrrail with the American DAG
above It,. The excursionists gathered below
decks and cleaned out the lunch ,n counters, ana
ton America was. and hoy they would name
their children after Gen. Paine and Designer
food OF these two great Bostonese, must then
be wonderful brain food. and hadn't they better
try 1t themselves. They had come out soreiy
in pelting rain and driving spray. had been
tossed and buffetted when seasick.; but they
glorious victory in the annals OF yachting, and
Tor once their happiness was complete.
TWO FORMER RACES ON THE OUTSIDE ooURsE
The race over the outside course between
the Genesta. the first cutter to come after the
on, "a md ha n kan
on Wednesday, Sept. Is, 1885. The following
is the table Of the race:
Start Turn Nntsh
Puritan. 1901 1D738 Aa9lo
GeneHta.. ....... IL Oo:l8 1:O5:3O 4I0:S0
The Puritan, after allowing the Genesta
something for her size, beat her minute u
seconds.
The race over the outside course between the
Mayflower and the Galatea was sailed on FRI
day. Sept II. The wind was puffy and the race
a fluke and uninteresting. The Mayfower won
by AZ minutes and seconds.
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down the declvities OF the waves ahead Of her.
only to be overtaken and tossed to one side as
some pretty girl might toss away the petals OF
her! How her wake lengtheEed away IN spite OF
folowingwavesu until the metaphorically speak
ing yachtsmen said she seemed to he throwing
thread.like tow line overheard n the hone
away in her wake. When the yachtsmen came
to think OF 1t they wondered how In the world
they had ever been frightened by the cutters
fierce looks anyhow.
ALL THE YACHTS SALUTE HER.
As the Volunteer sped along she received
number Of booming sa!utes from yachts that
had gone on ahead and waited for her to como.
Pilot Boat 8, with huge American flag at Its
main truck, was lacking eastward and cheered
y were mss at SsTva a fSey we're
with spectators who had been disheartened
by the dismal calm and fog, Of the early morn
ing and had not taken shipping until they
race had started. Some even did not start
until after bulletin was received from Rock
away saying that the Volunteer was leading.
antc the PRIDE S o. Bay i Ridge and not s few
yachtsmen were ready to say that she could
give the Scotchman good russell As the
Electra hurried along to get In position to
mark the home line, she received o gun salute
from the Scotch steam yacht Mohican.
BLOWING SLOW AND HARD.
At times the wind dropped so that the spin.
makers OF the racers fell limp; then 1t would
breeze again, and the spinnakers would go
kiting, carrying the spinnaker booms high
In ir. BY and by II shifted to a little south OF
east, and ut 4:07 tho Thistle got In her spinna-
ker. The sheet was eased of and the big sail
nOated around, and dropped; so 10 speak into
se bs b topss and Balloon
her iib being up In stops ready to break out II
need But she didn't need 1t II she could have
set It IKE stunsan beyond tho end Of her
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white sloop. the Volunteer. We're glorious.
Perhaps the waves did not catch her as they
did the Thistle but somehow there was less
froth and smother under her bows. and less
fuss and stir under her stern as Capt. Han, with
a spoke OF his wheel, eased her down In the
wake Of the cutter. although the gale was driv-
ing her along at this moment Q third faster
hand on both boats were looking at the flying
hands and knew the next gun was soon due.
BOOM GOES THE SIGNAL GUN.
Two minutes more and little blue ball rose
up to the fore truck OF the flagship Electra.
II was the signal which would hptter out In
the wind at the next gun. The Thistle was
now going at terrific speed straight toward
the little smooth Ice in the water under the
Electra's stern. and 1t seemed rs II she would
have to reach out parallel with the line 70
avoid crossing too soon, when Just at the right
moment the gun doomed. She had been
timed with wonderful accuracy. With con-
summate skill her Captain showed down his
tiller until 1t seemed to the spectators that
as she whirled up into the wind with every
was about He wasn't ratified this time II ne
was early In the race on Tuesday. The cutter
shot ahead like an arrow 30 near to the side OF
the flagship that an agile spectator might nave
lumped TO her deck from the Electra. Then,
as She spod clear of the Electra, she was eased
Off and with her sails Just full headed away on
tho starboard tack for lockaway Beach.
A PRETTY PIECE OF SAILING.
It was beautiful bit OF seamanship. Could
Capt Han do as well2 asked the yachtsmen OF
each other Capt. Ham was right on deck 70
show them what he could do. 1t made the
yachtsmen wonder whether In some way there
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main boom II would not have saved her from
crushing defeat. Some Of the yachtsmen
s Srp 40 spek anS
going to let the Volunteer run away from him.
But In this they wronged the gentlemen on the
Thistle. They were still In the race, doing
their best,
IN 90 THE sPINNAKEns.
Tho Volunteer finding the wind so much to
southland was Obliged to take In her spinnaker
also. She waved of to do this and then COM
Ing breeze. with undiminished speed. She was
rs speedy but not so beautiful az she had been
under full sail: Ne marine Spectacle can be
tho Volunteer made under that enormous
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BEATEN FROM THE START

TIE American Sleep Better than the Scotch
Cutter In Heavy Weather.
The weather was depressing. The first
glance which the yachtsmen gave from their
bedroom windows yesterday morning revealed
hazy view Of wet pavements. damp brick
walls, and. where trees could be seen, green
leaves agitated by q dolefully weak breeze and
dripping with moisture. The bay. when the
yachtsmen saw 1t. was equally dismal The
sky had not fallen exactly. but it was hung 30
low that the trucks Of the tRllest ships masts
were dim In the clouds of mist The horizon
was less than a rifle shot away, and the fog
gathered that close that some Of the yachts
men prone to exaggeration said that the soft
coal smoke that came from an ocean steamer
bound out made bright streaks on the heavy
background.
Going down the bay the yachtsmen kept
pretty close In the cabins OF their steamers.
The earliest Of them failed to get to Bay Ridge
In TING to see the beautiful Volunteer with
her sails and sailormen snugly encased In
wsterproofs, taken In tow by the Haviand.
In the upper part OF the lower bay there was
strihing breeze. but there was no comfort in
It. Indeed, 1t was rather an aggravation be-
cause Of the fog. which was 30 thick as to
mako all hope OF o race seem futile. Further
down the breeze increased. kicking up a
choppy little sea that went fretting along like
tide rifle. Excursion boats at this time were
as scarce as prayers In q forecastle on q fine
day. but two schooner yachts were met bound
mp that were going along at q fine rate. The
ekipper of the tug Walworth. with big Nova
Scotia ship in tow. hailed The SUNS tug to
say that the weather was very thick outside
and 80 1t seemed to be. for the fog was as black
rs thunder cloud. The gallant Electra came
down past the Hook shortly after 10 o'clock
leaving wake that was the winter because Of
the sombre surroundings.
WHITE CAPS AND PREsHER WIND OUTSIDE.
Outside the wind was fresher yet, and nearly
east. White caps. very small ones 1t Is true
were plentiful. and there was roughness on
the surface Of the green rollers and vigorous
life In the air that made the few yachtsmen
that were there begin to wake UP. The fog
did not seem 30 close aftor 10 o'clock. Ger
tainly tugboat serving as q stakeboat could
DO seen mile away, and that ought to be a
great enough distance to enable tho shippers
OF the racers to find the turning point. 1t did
bcR1n to look as IL there might be q race after
ALL The sea was pretty smooth. as far as long
rollers were concerned but the short. choppy
% were growing Ike wild oat crop. The
tiful Titania was found ploughing along
dc. heeling to the blast under mainsail.
and forestaysail. She was, with two ex-
Ions. the only sailing yacht in sight when
Scotland Lightship was reached.
FEWER EXCURSION BOATS.
OF the excursion feet there were two side
wheel steamers, the Shrewsbury and the st.
Sohh. and two tugs only There were four
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time OF it. They let out the head sheets, and
at II 40 Capt Barr showed down his helm. and
far under the Volunteers stern. headed out to
sea on the port tack. The steamer shippers,
who had forgotten to whistle when the racers
started, now reached for the whistle ropes and
gave grand salute in honor OF the lead OF tho
out briefly.
TWO MINUTES GAINED.
The Volunteer stood on until II 81, when She
too, came about and headed out to sea on the
bearings from points ON the land, estimated
that the Volunteer had gained at least two
sailing. That was q good gain. but still moth
ing to get SO very excited over. The Thistle
had shown herself q very able boat in stiff
died admirably, the Thistle seeming to iii away
2 little quicker, but not gaining any BY that.
teaches Of the Thistles mainsail, topsail. and
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WAITING TO CHEER THE THISTLE.


WAITING TO CHEER THE THISTLE.
Once on the homeward course the sailors OF
the Volunteer bumped themselves with the
cred to port, the huge folds OF the spinnaker
rose out of the fore hatch, and In a trtce the
great sail pulled out like smoke from cannon
Into It's place, where IL bollied out and whooped
the sloop along nobly.
THE BALLOON JB TolsAL SOON FOLLOWED.
And all this time the Thistle WAS standing IN
toward Long Island on the starboard tack.
but the majority waited TO hold out the hand
Of good fellowship, metaphorically speaking,
to the plucky sailormen OF the famous cutter
when she should round. The Thistle held her
course In shore until 2:3I o'clock when. being
came up into the wind. and on the port tack
headed out TO sea agaiA. The yachtsmen said
she would have been 4 2 better locality Il she
turn. but the sDsetaFfS waited With great
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good humor-they would have been glad II the
walt had been twice as long The Mohican,
siewed Around TS and IN faeed Inc musc Ss tSc
steamers began to whistle, and then, as the
cutter rounded and hurried away she started
along for the finish This 10 the time at which
the racers made the turn:
The Thistle was even handler with her bal
looms than the Yankee had been, and then she
yachtsmen said chasing coyote. Mark Twain
says that In such chase tho Greyhound starts
own ability. and an Unborn dislike for coyotes,
With It's nose In the air and its tall out behind
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Thistle seemed to gain q bit. This was when
the Volunteer was passing the big Long Beach
Probably she did gain a little. for at that time
there was dark flaw Of q little squat on the
water whore the Thistle was, though not
no rain with this flaw Of wind. as there had
been with the greater number that had come
wind reached the Volunteer and she bumped
herself and promptly wiped out whatever gain
the Thistle may have made.
HOW THE VOLUNTEER DID SAIL!
How she did climb the swelling seas! How
headed boys sometimes chase alongside a
flying express train! How foam and froth were
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ON THE BRIDGE OF THE ELECTRA.
wseser he5s Of o1s Of them
shouted RON Il, tie bridge to NeiIs Olsen; WIG
east by north, and whistle, four times every
minute 4 the weather is thick" The Hayiland
:, The preparatory gun sounded at 1850. and
Thistle whirled under the Eloetra,s port quar-
"Well done, said the Commodore. as the
then took fresh grip on the wind and gal
gs,loPs;G away liks one Of pharaohs horses.
closer to the flagship and sending the hearts e
Commodore and guests ran forward, half-fear-
grief. But she didn't, She lufied Just like the
Thistle and got safely past, Somebody cried
leaned over the port rail and clapped TIER
Then the boatswains silver whistle emits
suit Of the racers. On the way 70 the Hayifand
less H or semi-ldictic Pilots who persisted in
S. eSss to ma cutter S%@g
said that the excursion boats shared In
the glory, OF ,yanquishing the .noble, cutter.
passengers, began to wnne as the Volunteer
steadily widened the windward gap between
herSelf ana Inc Thistle. AZ lrst mo tlmlQ a4-
mirers of the sloop were inclined to believe
that the cutter made IN In footing what the
Volunteer gained In pointing. The fiutterings
half an hour after the start,wh IL was plainly
Seotia's darling.
At noon the guests began to speculate on the
probable time between the boats at the Hau-
land. Some estimated the difference TO DO az
much as go minutes. They rounded thus:
Volunteer. 2:26 :40h; Thistle, 2:4l :0O Thus
the centreboarder beat the keel IA minutes
and 49a seconds In windward work.
IF IL had been thrash, We would have
beaten her 10 minutes more" said an ardent
Bloop advocate.
Tho Electra anchored south Of tho su gees
tive wreck and timed the yachts The Thistle
gained minutes 54js seconds on tho run in.
part OF this was accounted for by patriots
who are partial to accounting for things
breeze the benefits Of which were fret received
With less bias said there was evidently very
little difference between tho yachts running
and that little was probably In favor Of the
gutter. band on the Taurus ironically played
Hail 70 the Chief" as the Thistle finished
The Electra passed the Thistle on her way
In, and the Commodore saluted Mr.. Bell, who
Chiidrsn Cry for Pitchers Castoria-
perfect preparation for chlidren's complainta-Aaa
Ch1rry-MaIt Phssphitas.
pleasant Tonic; gives new life. All druERistA-ASA
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as she was under. Capt. Bars handling. es-
pecially when the Volunteer had just as good
said Cant. Han was. Tho time the boats
crossed the line was as follows:
lhisue Usozl<
Then the Volunteer filled away. and with
every thread drawing st9rted after the plucky
cutter. And yet not exactly after her. for to the
delight, II not the surprise. Of everybody, she
began to claw IN to windward from the mo-
ment her sails got the full power, OF the wind.
To the minds OF the sharps In such matters the
Thistle was beaten from the moment the VOL
unteer, shak ing her head as II 70 say, Ne you
had tried to keep her.
OUR CUTTER SHOWS HER SPEED.
The Thistle's sails were setting just as we'll
as Sailmaker Ratsey could have wished. and
they were drawing just as Capt, Barr says he
quarter q the sail-its leach-was shaking
and Topping in the wind until the noise
drowned hall the music Of the wind whistling
through the vessels rigging, and could be
heard quarter Of a mile away by spectators
down the wind. The Captain was pinching his
boat for all she was worth. but the Volunteer.
with her sails as round and hard as the crust
on snow bank, was taking the life out Of the
cutter and making glad the hearts OF all true